<span style="color: #222222;">Lok Sabha has been adjourned for the day. When the Lok Sabha met post-lunch, Opposition members trooped to the well of the house and started sloganeering. The Chair had to adjourn the proceedings for the day.<br />''<br />''The Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till 2 P.M. after the Opposition created ruckus in the house over farmers' issue and other issues. When the Rajya Sabha met after the first adjournment, the Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu tried to run the Question Hour, but Opposition members from Congress, TMC and TRS trooped to the well-raising slogans. Mr Naidu appealed to the members to allow the house to take up the questions listed as it is the first day of the Winter Session of Parliament.<br />''<br />''But, the Opposition members did not pay heed to the appeal and continued with sloganeering. The Chairman also rejected the Adjournment Notices given by the Congress member Mallikarjun Kharge and others on different issues. Amid the din, the Chair had to adjourn the house till 2 P.M.<br />''<br />''Before the start of Question Hour, Mr Naidu appealed to members to make best of all the 19 sittings of the Winter Session. He also cautioned not to lower their guards in the fight against COVID-19 in view of the new variants. The Chairman also complimented the efforts of Central Government, State Governments and all the stakeholders for effective vaccination against COVID-19.<br />''<br />''Earlier, the Rajya Sabha was adjourned for an hour till 12.20 P.M. as mark of respect to the sitting member Oscar Fernandes who passed away recently. The house also paid tributes to former members who passed away recently. They are K. B. Shanappa, Dr Chandan Mitra, Hari Singh Nalwa, Monika Das and Abani Roy. After making the obituary references, Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu adjourned the house for an hour.<br />''<br />''At the outset, Mr Naidu administered the oath to five newly-elected members of Rajya Sabha.<br />''<br />''They included Rajani Ashokrao Patil from Maharastra, M. Mohamed Abdulla, K. R. N. Rajeshkumar and Dr Kanimozhi N.V.N. Somu from Tamil Nadu and Luizinho Joaquim Faleiro who had been elected from West Bengal to the Upper House. The Rajya Sabha Chairman also introduced the new General Secretary P. C. Mody to the house.</span><br />